DEEP SKY OBJECTS

Over 1,000 radio galaxies with 'wings' identified amid mystery behind formation

The discovery of over 1,000 winged radio galaxies vastly expands the current catalog.
Published: 3 hours ago  |  By Disita Sikdar

James Webb finds a galaxy from the early universe is not rotating and scientists are stunned

The discovered galaxy reached a state of non-rotation when the universe was less than 2 billion years old.
Published: 5 hours ago  |  By Biplab Das

NASA's Chandra discovers a unique object that may explain James Webb's mysterious little red dots

NASA's Chandra has discovered an X-ray dot, which is tiny, red, and located at a distance of 11.8 billion light-years but also glows in X-ray, unlike the mysterious little red dots.
Published: 5 days ago  |  By Disita Sikdar

Why do stars change their spin as they near the end of their lives? Scientists explain

The interaction between the internal rotation and magnetic fields retards or speeds up the spin rate.
Published: 5 days ago  |  By Biplab Das

Where do gas clouds feeding the Milky Way's black hole come from? Scientists may have solved the mystery

Stellar winds blowing away from a nearby binary star probably form the gas clouds.
Published: Apr 27, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way could reveal the 'climate' of the early universe

The properties of faint dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way can reveal a lot about the conditions of the early universe, the same way crop yields can tell a lot about spring weather.
Published: Apr 27, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Rare twin quasars caught merging in early universe—they are connected by a cosmic gas bridge

Rare twin quasars discovered merging in the early universe, revealing a galaxy collision and shared gas fueling supermassive black holes.
Published: Apr 27, 2026  |  By Disita Sikdar

Humans can reach Alpha Centauri within lifetime by boarding a light-powered spacecraft

New laser-assisted technique may one day replace fuel-driven rocket propulsion
Published: Apr 23, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA Curiosity rover detects new organic compounds, strengthening case for Mars’ past habitability

The new findings boost evidence that the Red Planet once had conditions suitable for life.
Published: Apr 22, 2026  |  By Disita Sikdar

Scientists may have finally found where stars stop forming in the Milky Way's disc

The older stars migrated out from the galactic center, leaving the younger ones inside.
Published: Apr 22, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Scientists discover an exoplanet system that is constantly changing on human timescales

TOI-201 is one of the few systems whose changes can be observed by humans in real time.
Published: Apr 22, 2026  |  By Nibedita Sen

Resilient fungus found on NASA spacecraft could survive trip to Mars. Here's why it surprises scientists.

It can also make leather-like materials and building blocks for a Martian house.
Published: Apr 21, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA's Hubble images Trifid Nebula again after 29 years, focuses on 'Cosmic Sea Lemon'

The new image of the Trifid Nebula marks the 36th anniversary of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Published: Apr 21, 2026  |  By Disita Sikdar

Scientists find evidence a supermassive black hole existed long before the galaxy around it took shape

The black hole formed when the universe was only 700 million years old.
Published: Apr 21, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Are slow solar winds really that slow? ESA's Proba-3 makes surprising revelation

“In the inner corona, a region very difficult to observe, we saw slow solar wind gusts moving three to four times faster than expected.”
Updated: Apr 17, 2026  |  By Nibedita Sen

3I/ATLAS was spewing 70 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water daily when ESA's Juice observed it

“When we realised that Juice would be close to the comet around its closest approach to the Sun, we realised what a unique opportunity this was to collect a once-in-a-lifetime dataset.”
Published: Apr 16, 2026  |  By Sandip Kishan

NASA's SPHEREx observes ice on dust particles in a turbulent star-forming region of the Milky Way

The dust particles in question are no larger than the smoke particles released when a candle is lit.
Published: Apr 16, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA's Hubble provides spectacular views of a barred spiral galaxy 380 million light-years away

The spiral galaxy may look calm, but it is a rather dynamic system characterized by stellar evolution, among other things.
Updated: Apr 15, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Is it a star or a planet? What NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found as it looked into 29 Cygni b

29 Cygni b is 15 times the weight of Jupiter and occupies a borderline position between a star and a massive planet.
Updated: Apr 15, 2026  |  By Nibedita Sen

Scientists discover three types of binary black hole mergers in the universe—here's what they are

The majority of the merging black holes are around 10 solar masses.
Published: Apr 14, 2026  |  By Biplab Das
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